The Eastern Catholic Churches 2016 Statistics from the Annuario Pontificio 2016

Home , Chaldean Catholic Church, Greek Catholic Church

1. ACCORDING TO CANONICAL STATUS I. Patriarchates A. The Maronite Catholic Church (3,537,690) B. The Melkite Greek Catholic Church (1,522,802) C. The Armenian Catholic Church (736,134) D. The Chaldean Catholic Church (640,828) E. The Syrian Catholic Church (205,440) F. The Coptic Catholic Church (174,902) II. Major Archepiscopal Churches A. The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (4,636,958) B. The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church (4,189,349) C. The Romanian Greek Catholic Church (504,280) D. The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church (450,553) III. Metropolitan Churches A. The Slovak Greek Catholic Church (211,820) B. The Eritrean Catholic Church (162,528) C. The Ethiopian Catholic Church (70,755) D. The (Ruthenian) Byzantine Catholic Church USA (82,500) E. The Hungarian Greek Catholic Church (255,000) IV. Other Churches sui iuris A. The Italo-Albanian Greek Catholic Church (56,412) B. The Greek Catholic Eparchy of Križevci, Croatia (21,250) C. The Ruthenian Eparchy of Mukačevo, Ukraine (320,000) D. The Ruthenian Apostolic Exarchate in the Czech Republic (Prague) (17,000) E. The Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate in Serbia (Novi Sad) (21,995) F. The Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate in FYROM (Macedonia) (11,336) G. The Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate in Sofia (Bulgaria) (10,000) H. The Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchates in Greece and Istanbul (6,020) V. Communities without hierarchy Russians, Belarusans, Georgians.

2. RANKED BY SIZE 1. The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (Major Archepiscopal: 4,636,958) 2. The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church (Major Archepiscopal: 4,189,349) 3. The Maronite Catholic Church (Patriarchal: 3,537,690) 4. The Melkite Greek Catholic Church (Patriarchal: 1,522,802) 5. The Armenian Catholic Church (Patriarchal: 736,134) 6. The Chaldean Catholic Church (Patriarchal: 640,828) 7. The Romanian Greek Catholic Church (Major Archepiscopal: 504,280) 8. The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church (Major Archepiscopal: 450,553) 9. The Ruthenian Eparchy of Mukačevo, Ukraine (320,000) 10. The Hungarian Greek Catholic Church (255,000) 11. The Slovak Greek Catholic Church (211,820) 12. The Syrian Catholic Church (Patriarchal: 205,440) 13. The Coptic Catholic Church (Patriarchal: 174,902) 14. The Eritrean Catholic Church (Metropolitan: 162,528) 15. The (Ruthenian) Byzantine Catholic Church USA (Metropolitan: 82,500) 16. The Ethiopian Catholic Church (Metropolitan: 70,755) 17. The Italo-Albanian Greek Catholic Church (56,412) 18. The Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate in Serbia (Novi Sad) (21,995) 19. The Greek Catholic Eparchy of Križevci, Croatia (21,250) 20. The Ruthenian Apostolic Exarchate in the Czech Republic (Prague) (17,000) 21. The Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate in FYROM (Macedonia) (11,336) 22. The Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate in Sofia (Bulgaria) (10,000) 23. The Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchates in Greece and Istanbul (6,020)

3. GROUPED ACCORDING TO “RITE” Alexandrian Tradition: 408,185 1. The Coptic Catholic Church (Patriarchal: 174,902) 2. The Ethiopian Catholic Church (Metropolitan: 70,755) 3. The Eritrean Catholic Church (Metropolitan: 162,528) Antiochian Tradition: 4,193,683 1. The Maronite Catholic Church (Patriarchal: 3,537,690) 2. The Syrian Catholic Church (Patriarchal: 205,440) 3. The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church (Major Archepiscopal: 450,553) Armenian Tradition: 736,134 1. The Armenian Catholic Church (Patriarchal: 736,134) Chaldean or East Syrian Tradition: 4,830,177 1. The Chaldean Catholic Church (Patriarchal: 640,828) 2. The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church (Major Archepiscopal: 4,189,349) Byzantine or Constantinopolitan Tradition (“Greek Catholic”): 7,677,373 1. The Melkite Greek Catholic Church (Patriarchal: 1,522,802) 2. The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (Major Archepiscopal: 4,636,958) 3. The Romanian Greek Catholic Church (Major Archepiscopal: 504,280) 4. The (Ruthenian) Byzantine Catholic Church USA (Metropolitan: 82,500) 5. The Ruthenian Eparchy of Mukačevo, Ukraine (320,000) 6. The Hungarian Greek Catholic Church (255,000) 7. The Slovak Greek Catholic Church (211,820) 8. The Ruthenian Apostolic Exarchate in the Czech Republic (Prague) (17,000) 9. The Italo-Albanian Greek Catholic Church (56,412) 10. The Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate in Serbia (Novi Sad) (21,995) 11. The Greek Catholic Eparchy of Križevci, Croatia (21,250) 12. The Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate in FYROM (Macedonia) (11,336) 13. The Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate in Sofia (Bulgaria) (10,000) 14. The Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchates in Greece and Istanbul (6,020)

Compiled by Ron Roberson, CSP, in July 2016